Structure of carbon nanotube-based nanocomposites

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-282

  Ajayan, P M ^a   Redlich, P ^a   Ruhle M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron energy loss spectrometry; nanocomposites; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROMETRY; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030980674     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.1670730.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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